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The Secret of NIMH (1982) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Don Bluth

Writing Credits  

Robert C. O'Brien ... (based on the novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by)
 
Don Bluth ... (story adaptation) &
John Pomeroy ... (story adaptation) &
Gary Goldman ... (story adaptation) &
Will Finn ... (story adaptation)
 
Ken Anderson ... (uncredited)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete  

Derek Jacobi ... Nicodemus (voice)
Elizabeth Hartman ... Mrs. Brisby (voice)
Arthur Malet ... Mr. Ages (voice)
Dom DeLuise ... Jeremy (voice)
Hermione Baddeley ... Auntie Shrew (voice)
Shannen Doherty ... Teresa (voice)
Wil Wheaton ... Martin (voice)
Jodi Hicks Jodi Hicks ... Cynthia (voice)
Ina Fried Ina Fried ... Timothy (voice) (as Ian Fried)
John Carradine ... The Great Owl (voice)
Peter Strauss ... Justin (voice)
Paul Shenar ... Jenner (voice)
Tom Hatten ... Farmer Fitzgibbons (voice)
Lucille Bliss ... Mrs. Fitzgibbons (voice)
Aldo Ray ... Sullivan (voice)
Norbert Auerbach Norbert Auerbach ... Councilman 1 (voice)
Dick Kleiner Dick Kleiner ... Councilman 2 (voice)
Charles Champlin ... Councilman 3 (voice)
Edie McClurg ... Miss Right (voice)
Joshua Lawrence Joshua Lawrence ... Billy Fitzgibbons (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Philo Barnhart Philo Barnhart ... Additional voices (uncredited)
Sally Stevens ... Singer (segment "Flying Dreams Lullaby") (voice) (uncredited)
Paul Williams ... The Balladeer (segment "Epilogue") (voice) (uncredited)

Produced by 

Don Bluth ... producer (produced by)
Gary Goldman ... producer (produced by)
Rich Irvine ... executive producer
John Pomeroy ... producer (produced by)
James L. Stewart ... executive producer

Music by 

Jerry Goldsmith

Editing by 

Jeffrey C. Patch ... (as Jeffrey Patch)

Production Management 

Fred Craig ... production manager
Don Hahn ... production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Dan Molina ... assistant director

Art Department 

John Alvin ... poster artist (uncredited)
Don Bluth ... visual development (uncredited)
Tom Jung ... poster artist (uncredited) / storyboard artist (uncredited)
Buck Lewis ... character designer (uncredited)
Matthew O'Callaghan ... storyboard artist (uncredited)
Carl Ramsey ... additional storyboard artist (uncredited) / poster artist (uncredited)
Jeff Siergey ... storyboard artist (uncredited)
Drew Struzan ... poster artist (uncredited)
Frank Thomas ... storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department 

James Cavarretta ... sound effects recordist (as James Cavarretta Jr.)
Walter A. Gest ... sound re-recordist (as Walter Gest)
David Horton Sr. ... sound effects editor (as David M. Horton)
Rick Kline ... re-recording mixer
Mary Jo Lang ... foley mixer (as Marie Jo Lang)
Stan Levine ... synthesizer sound effects
William Mead ... stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Donald O. Mitchell ... re-recording mixer
Kevin O'Connell ... re-recording mixer
Gary Ritchie ... sound re-recordist
John Roesch ... foley artist
Garry Ulmer ... dialogue recordist
Gary A. Hecker ... foley artist (uncredited) / supervising foley editor (uncredited)
Hilda Hodges ... foley artist (uncredited)
Doc Kane ... original dialogue mixer (uncredited)
Michael Miller ... original dialog mixer (uncredited)
Alyson Dee Moore ... foley artist (uncredited)
Morten Folmer Nielsen ... adr editor (uncredited) / adr recorder (uncredited)
Donald C. Rogers ... stereo sound designer (uncredited)
Joan Rowe ... foley artist (uncredited)
Carolyn Tapp ... foley recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by 

Fred Craig ... director of special processes
Vincent DeFrances ... effects assistant (as Vincent De Francis)
Mark Dindal ... assistant visual effects supervisor
Jeff Etter ... effects assistant
Randy Fullmer ... effects animator (as Randall Fullmer)
Bruce Heller ... additional special effects animator
Tom Hush ... additional special effects animator
Diann Landau ... additional special effects animator
Dorse A. Lanpher ... special effects supervisor (as Dorse A. Lanpher)
Hope London ... effects assistant
Scott Santoro ... effects assistant
Barry Whitebook ... effects assistant (as Barry A. Whitebook)
Kathleen Quaife-Hodge ... effects assistant (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department 

Joe Jiuliano ... animation camera
Jeffery Mellquist ... animation camera (as Jeff Mellquist)
Chuck Warren ... animation camera (as Charles Warren)
Bill Butler ... visual consultant (uncredited)
Rob Maine ... animation camera (uncredited)

Animation Department 

Diane Albracht ... cel painter
Kelly Anderson ... assistant animator
Tamara Anderson ... assistant animator
David R. Ankney ... xerographer (as David Ankney)
Robert Avery ... xerographer
Philo Barnhart ... character key assistant
Phyllis Barnhart ... cel painter
Arland Barron ... assistant animator
Kathy Barrows-Fullmer ... animation checker (as Kathy Barrows)
Alethea Bernard ... ink artist
Don Bluth ... directing animator / layout artist
David Braden ... xerographer
Kristine Brown ... ink artist
Karen Burrell ... cel painter
Daryl Carstensen ... xerography checker
Tammy Cecil ... cel painter
Judy Champin ... cel painter
Merllyn Ching ... ink artist
Joann Cohn ... cel painter
Lorna Cook ... animator (as Lorna Pomeroy)
Ken Cope ... assistant animator
Annamarie Costa ... animation checker
Patricia Cowling ... cel painter (as Patti Cowling)
Sharon Dabek ... cel painter
Eric Daniels ... xerographer
Ron Dias ... background artist
Lynn Diederich ... cel painter
Colleen Draper ... cel painter
Robin Draper ... cel painter
Diane Dunning ... ink artist
John Eddings ... xerographer
Robert Erhart ... xerographer
Gina Evans ... cel painter
Beverly Felix ... cel painter (as Cookie Palacio)
Shirley Ferrante ... cel painter
Cindy Finn ... animation color stylist (as Cindy Chilko Finn)
Will Finn ... animator
Ayalen Garcia ... assistant animator (as Ayalén Garcia)
Peter Gentle ... cel painter
Marta Glodkowska ... cel painter (as Marta Skwara)
David Goetz ... background artist
Gary Goldman ... directing animator
Valerie Green ... xerography checker
Heidi Guedel ... animator
Auguste Haboush ... assistant animator
Evelyn Hairapetian ... cel painter (as Evie Hairapetian)
Odin Hor ... cel painter
Michael Horowitz ... assistant animator
Robin Lucille Hoynes ... cel painter (as Robin Police)
Emily Jiuliano ... animator / character key assistant
Leonard Johnson ... assistant animator (as Leonard E. Johnson)
Skip Jones ... animator
Debra Jorgensborg ... animation color stylist (as Debbie Casillas)
Gayle Kanagy ... cel painter
Michael Kane ... xerographer
Paulette Knell ... cel painter
Nancy Kniep ... assistant animator
Dan Kuenster ... animator
Boowon Lee ... assistant animator
Karan Lee-Storr ... ink artist (as Karan J. Storr)
Larry Leker ... layout artist
William Lorencz ... color story sketcher
Mildred Luukkonen ... cel painter
Annet Mackie ... cel painter (as Annette Vandenberg)
Shirley Mapes ... cel painter
Linda Miller ... animator
Missy ... cel painter
David Molina ... animator
Sandra Moline ... cel painter
Deborah Mooneyham ... cel painter
Don Moore ... background artist
Jeanette Nouribekian ... cel painter
Matthew O'Callaghan ... assistant animator
Carmen Oliver ... animation color stylist
Vera Pacheco ... character key assistant (as Vera Lanpher)
Elyse Pastel ... assistant animator
Gary Perkovac ... assistant animator
Catherine Peterson ... cel painter (as Cathy Mirkovich)
Chris Peterson ... assistant animator (as Christopher Peterson)
Cheryl Polakow ... assistant animator
John Pomeroy ... directing animator: "Mr. Ages", "Jeremy", "Dragon", "The Great Owl", "Nicodemus", "Justin" and "Jenner"
Linda Praamsma ... cel painter
Bonnie Ramsey ... cel painter
Valerie Reed ... cel painter
Art Roman ... assistant animator
Alison Sassoon ... cel painter
Terry Shakespeare ... assistant animator
Debra Y. Siegel ... paint technician
Harald Siepermann ... animator
Dave Smith ... final checker
Dave Spafford ... animator
Lynn Spees ... cel painter
Catherine Stein ... cel painter
Kim Stevens ... cel painter
Christina Stocks ... ink artist (as Cris Stocks)
Jim Stocks ... final checker
Cynthia Surage ... mark-up
Terri-Lynn Swears ... cel painter
Olga Tarin-Craig ... ink and paint supervisor (as Olga Tarin Craig)
Sharon Thomas ... cel painter
Shirley Thomas ... cel painter
Bruce Timm ... assistant animator (as Bruce W. Timm)
Marshall Lee Toomey ... assistant animator (as Marshall Toomey)
Jody Trout ... cel painter
Sally Voorheis ... assistant animator (as Sally J. Voorheis)
Manon Washburn ... cel painter
Phyllis White ... cel painter
Kevin Wurzer ... animator (as Kevin M. Wurzer)
Nikki Zelenka ... animation checker
Janet M. Zoll ... xerographer (as Janet Zoll)
Stephan Zupkas ... assistant animator
Dale Baer ... character designer (uncredited)
Michael Cedeno ... assistant animator (uncredited)
Jim Coleman ... background artist (uncredited)
Rick Farmiloe ... assistant animator (uncredited)
David Feiss ... assistant animator (uncredited)
Chuck Harvey ... animator (uncredited)
Shawn Keller ... assistant animator (uncredited)
Greg Maurice ... xeroxgraphy/Ink and paint/final check Celine Miles Ink and Paint (uncredited)
Floyd Norman ... character key assistant (uncredited)
Doris Plough ... character key assistant (uncredited)
Bonnie Robinson ... assistant animator (uncredited)
Tom Sito ... assistant animator (uncredited)
Jeffrey J. Varab ... animator (uncredited)
Fred Warter ... assistant animator (uncredited)
Charles Zembillas ... assistant animator (uncredited)

Editorial Department 

Donah Bassett ... negative cutter
Richard Ritchie ... color timer
Tom Shaffer ... color timer (uncredited)

Music Department 

Michael Clifford ... music editor: London (as Mike Clifford)
Sandy De Crescent ... orchestra contractor
Leonard A. Engel ... music editor (as Len Engel)
Jerry Goldsmith ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Arthur Morton ... orchestrator
National Philharmonic Orchestra ... music performed by
John Richards ... music recordist
Chris Boardman ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Bruce Botnick ... music mixer (uncredited)
Tom Boyd ... musician: oboe soloist (uncredited)
Alexander Courage ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Jerry Goldsmith ... conductor (uncredited) / music producer (uncredited)
Kenneth Hall ... music editor (uncredited)
Jo Ann Kane ... music preparation (uncredited)
Skaila Kanga ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Shawn Murphy ... music mixer: London (uncredited)
Dennis S. Sands ... music mixer: California (uncredited) / music recordist (uncredited)
Steven L. Smith ... music preparation (uncredited)
Sally Stevens ... singer (uncredited) / vocal soloist (uncredited)
James Thatcher ... musician: French horn (uncredited)
Jonathan Williams ... musician: cello soloist (uncredited)
Paul Williams ... featured vocalist (uncredited) / lyricist: song (uncredited) / musician: keyboard (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department 

Telmo de Avelar ... (as Telmo Perle Münch)

Additional Crew 

Diana Adams ... accountant (as Diana Johnson)
G. Thomas Baker ... accountant
Stephan Barnes ... creative consultant
Bob Chevalier ... production assistant
Kimberley Coy ... unit publicist
Terri Eddings ... production assistant
Richard A. Gabrio ... creative consultant
Jan Goldman ... accountant
Mel Griffin ... production executive
Edna Hartling ... production assistant
Tom Irvine ... accountant
Martin S. Jacobson ... creative consultant
Sarah-Jane King ... production assistant (as Sarah King)
Charles Kurts ... production assistant
Elaine Miller ... accountant
Carolyn Morris ... production assistant
Victor Solis ... production assistant
Julie Spafford ... production assistant
Shirley Spafford ... production assistant
David J. Steinberg ... production assistant (as David Steinberg) / production assistant
Mike Vest ... production assistant
Caralyn Warren ... production assistant
Tom Yohe ... production assistant
Sue Shakespeare ... production assistant (uncredited)

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